What's New Overview

Please see below the major new features and changes in Robotmaster 2024.3. For complete documentation, please visit .

 

Plasma Cutting

Documentation on improvements in

Several plasma cutting improvements were deployed in the 2024.3 release.

  • Kerf correction:
    Enables users to adjust the size of a hole by modifying the offset of the plasma beam.

  • Improvements to chaining:
    Open wireframe chains now supported for window chaining.

  • Manual override of plasma algorithm:
    Select faces in case the algorithm fails and refresh selection.

  • Enhanced warning messages:
    Several new messages to guide the user when projection fails.

CAD Translator Updates

List of Interoperability updates

The following formats and their versions are supported for reading or importing into Robotmaster 2024.3.

Products (Readers)

Versions Supported

ACIS

R1 – 2024 1.0

CATIA V4

4.1.9 – 4.2.4

CATIA V5

V5 R8 to V5–6 R2024

3DExperience (CATIA V6)

Exported from up to V6 R2024x

DXF™ / DWG™ 3

2.5 – 2024

IGES

Up to 5.3

Inventor

V11 – 2024

JT

JT 8.x, 9.x, 10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6, and 10.7

NX

11 – NX 2306

Parasolid

9.0 – 36.0.169

Pro/E or Creo

16 – Creo 10.0

Rhino

Version 2 to 7

Solid Edge

V18 – SE 2023

SOLIDWORKS

98 – 2024

STEP

AP203, AP214, AP242

STL

N/A

VDA-FS

1.0 – 2.0

XCGM

R2012 – 2024 1.0

The following formats and their versions are supported for writing or exporting from Robotmaster 2024.3.

Products (Writers)

Versions Supported

ACIS

R18 – 2024 1.0

CATIA V5

V5 R15 – V5–6 R2024

IGES

5.3

STEP

AP203, AP214, AP242 (Geometry Only)

STL

N/A

XCGM

R2012 – 2024 1.0

Enhancements / Fixed Bugs

 

  • RM-849 As a user, I wish to window-select curves for Curve Path creation for plasma marking and automatically manage both closed contour and open contour types

  • RM-851 Enable kerf correction to compensate the path without affecting the generated tool diameter

  • RM-852 Make the manual touch direction reference frame visible so that the user can understand the touch direction reference being used

  • RM-853 As a user, I want to be notified when the path projection fails and why it failed

  • RM-872 Wrong default value in Plasma Cutting blocks user from resetting defaults to original values

  • RM-848 Wrong projection when using Curve Path if the curve is directly located over the surface

  • RM-850 Negative path offset leads to path projection issues with incorrect projection depth

  • RM-854 Improve algorithm to find holes on certain dome types